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Re: The Glowworm (aka a new Tritium-Lantern)

I love the design but I think it would be too large for me. It is almost as big as a AAA flashlight, which I already have on my keychain. I have your Bead-Bomb, and that size suits me better (although the trit could be brighter). Other than as a piece of jewelry I couldn't see carrying this...

Re: The Glowworm (aka a new Tritium-Lantern)

Titanium is very lighl-weight, is better to anodize and stronger. I cant tell about
the weight at the moment. In my experience these are not as heavy. Ok when you
already have an AAA light on your keycahin, you need to think about the size.

BUT if its a smaller version, you cant put a large vial in it, and you cant change the vial
with a screw, like we can do with this one. We had the intention to build a Tritium-Lantern
that has a cool design, maximum brightness and is sueful too.
Anotehr point, if you have a smaller lantern, you always need to put an splitring on it,
which one also has a wheight and takes room. Our lantern already has an intergrated ring.

Re: The Glowworm (aka a new Tritium-Lantern)

5 Tritium Bead Bombs will certainly want some of their new relatives to come live with them. I won't order and I won't ask about pricing here. I'll just say 'bring it' Toby!

Oh, comments. I really like the unique design, well protected tritium capsule and still lots of places for the light to shine through. The appearance of so many little dots of light will be a treat for the eye and a nice contrast to just a long segment of glowing tube. Being able to easily replace the trit is a feature of the best such pendants. I wonder if you plan to bore out the inside of the hex screw holding the trit in, like the very incredible Krypto-Lite pendants? I hope those are helpful comments.

Second edit; I just read the second post. I like how what I perceived as a feature of this lantern is actually a stated design objective. Want.

Looks awesome Toby, it reminds me of the Krypto-Lite I have, the only thing that concerns me is how much light will be able to show through. Even with the relatively large holes on the Krypto-Lite Chinese Lantern the light is certainly much less visible than a bare tube, for example. I will be down for one though, I like the beefy attachment point, it looks solid like the one on the 4sevens Revo SS.

Re: The Glowworm (aka a new Tritium-Lantern)

This looks great. Will be interesting to see the other designs too. Alternating slits would be cool, emit a good deal of light and require less machining. Much more fragile I suppose though. What's the maximum diameter vial you could use or is the top recessed for a 3mm vial? I assume 10mm is the external diameter.